HymanMuss, MD

Director, Geriatric Oncology Program

UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Dr. Hyman Muss is Director of the Geriatric Oncology Program at UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. He earned his undergraduate cum laude degree in chemistry from Lafayette College in Easton, Penn. and his medical degree from the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Muss completed his internship, residency and a research fellowship at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Mass.

He received the American Society of Cliniical Oncology BJ Kennedy Award in Geriatric Oncology and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure - Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Clinical Research. Dr. Muss was also honored for his military service in Vietnam with a Bronze Star.